#BB35A5#BB35A5

#BB35A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.207 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB35A5
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 165)
HSL	hsl(310, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(310, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 64.41, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 71.73, 333.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1882 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.207 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5585, 15.8301, 37.1414)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB35A5 #35BB4B

analogous

#8E35BB #BB35A5 #BB3562

triadic

#BB35A5 #A5BB35 #35A5BB

tetradic

#BB35A5 #BB8E35 #35BB4B #3562BB

square

#BB35A5 #BB8E35 #35BB4B #3562BB

split-complementary

#BB35A5 #62BB35 #35BB8E

monochromatic

#5C1A51 #8B277B #BB35A5 #D15CBE #DE8CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BB35A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB35A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB35A5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB35A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB35A5	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3562A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb35a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.207 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d379c0',
    500: '#bb35a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb35a5;
$custom-light: #d379c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb35a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.851,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56827,
    "c": 0.20695,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB35A5

secondary

#83C98F

accent

#DF6149

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB35A5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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